S.I. No. 142/1972:

OFFENCES AGAINST THE STATE (SCHEDULED OFFENCES) ORDER, 1972.

OFFENCES AGAINST THE STATE (SCHEDULED OFFENCES) ORDER, 1972.

WHEREAS it is enacted by section 36 (1) of the Offences against the State Act, 1939 (No. 13 of 1939), that whenever while Part V of the said Act is in force the Government is satisfied that the ordinary courts are inadequate to secure the effective administration of justice and the preservation of public peace and order in relation to offences of any particular class or kind or under any particular enactment, the Government may by order declare that offences of that particular class or kind or under that particular enactment shall be scheduled offences for the purposes of the said Part of the said Act :

AND WHEREAS Part V of the Offences against the State Act, 1939 , is in force :

AND WHEREAS the Government is satisfied that the ordinary courts are inadequate to secure the effective administration of justice and the preservation of public peace and order in relation to the offences specified in the Appendix hereto :

NOW, the Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 36 of the Offences against the State Act, 1939 (No. 13 of 1939), hereby order as follows :

1. This Order may be cited as the Offences against the State (Scheduled Offences) Order, 1972.

2. It is hereby declared that the offences specified in the Appendix hereto shall be scheduled offences for the purposes of Part V of the Offences against the State Act, 1939 (No. 13 of 1939).

APPENDIX

1. Offences under the Malicious Damage Act, 1861.

2. Offences under the Explosive Substances Act, 1883.

3. Offences under the Firearms Acts, 1925 to 1971.

4. Offences under the Offences against the State Act, 1939 .

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 30th day of May, 1972.

SEÁN Ó LOINSIGH

Taoiseach.